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Inform­a­tion about, and cov­er­age of, travel & tour­ism industry events that The “Good Tour­ism” Blog attends in per­son or oth­er­wise sup­ports. Sponsored posts are very welcome.

‘Not good enough. Move your … !’ Grit, honesty, hope, and how to survive a crisis

December 1, 2020
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Sandpaper in different grits (40, 80, 150, 240, 600) By Simon Eugster (CC BY-SA 3.0) via Wikimedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schleifpapier_verschiedene_Sorten.jpg

Politi­cians and pub­lic ser­vants spruiked their respect­ive places and tax-pay­er-fun­­ded ini­ti­at­ives, and industry giants and glob­al con­sult­ants had their say, but it was the small entre­pren­eurs who were the most inspir­ing speak­ers on the first day of the 2020 Glob­al Eco Asia-Pacific Tour­ism Con­fer­ence. What mat­ters? Indeed Sonia Beck­with, co-own­er of Live Nin­ga­loo, had a […]

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First SUNx climate-friendly travel think tank releases calls to act & act now

February 29, 2020

bulb moment nature climate fly

The key calls to action from the inaug­ur­al SUNx — Strong Uni­ver­sal Net­work Cli­mate Friendly Travel Think Tank that con­cluded in Malta were (accord­ing to the offi­cial press release): The Cli­mate Crisis is eXist­en­tial. All stake­hold­ers includ­ing Trans­port, Hos­pit­al­ity, Travel Ser­vices, and Infra­struc­ture Pro­viders must urgently start the trans­form­a­tion in 2020 to get onto the Par­is 1.5o […]

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It’s time: Tourism event organisers & moderators must shut down selfish speakers

March 8, 2019

It is time tourism event organisers and session moderators shut down selfish speakers. Featured image: "Finite World" by Joel Penner (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/featheredtar/3077913104 "GT" cropped it.

The 2019 Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC) Asia-Pacific Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Con­fer­ence, Feb­ru­ary 28-March 2, was an enjoy­able event atten­ded by a good num­ber of pas­sion­ate pro­fes­sion­als from across the Asia Pacific region.  And there was ample oppor­tun­ity in the pro­gram to mingle and to net­work, which many (most?) people would count as the primary reason […]

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Hey, tourism! Shouldn’t the needs of host communities ALWAYS come first?

March 7, 2019

Community-based tourism. Mae Hong Son Hilltribe Trek, a Planeterra project

The prin­ciples of com­munity-based tour­ism should be at the centre of ALL cat­egor­ies of tour­ism — niche or main­strean; urb­an or rur­al; cul­tur­al or nature-based; eco- or adven­ture; gast­ro­nom­ic or party; moun­tain or beach … you get the idea. There­fore, the needs of the host com­munity must always be con­sidered before the needs of vis­it­ors.  This is […]

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Now playing: The tragicomedy of overtourism starring those who should know better

March 6, 2019

Featured image: Why call it tourist season if we can't shoot them? By David Blaikie (CC BY 2.0) via Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nikonvscanon/1463378771/ "GT" cropped and enhanced it.

The two faces of tour­ism are like sock and buskin, the foot­wear and masks of ancient Greek theatre that rep­res­ent com­edy and tragedy. Accord­ing to Glob­al Sus­tain­able Tour­ism Coun­cil (GSTC) CEO Randy Durb­and, the tragedy is over­tour­ism. And it’s real. It under­mines the joy of travel. It puts the buskin (boot) in. “Sense of place” […]

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Canvas, sticks, & mud: Is this the future of sustainable hotels & resorts?

March 5, 2019

Sustainable accommodation can take the form of luxury in canvas, sticks, and mud. This pic from Vinetree China.

It appears to be much more com­mon in the 21st cen­tury than it was in the 20th for high-end lux­ury hotels and resorts to be delivered in the form of tents and huts and mud houses. So long as the res­ult is more sus­tain­able accom­mod­a­tion options across all price points, sus­tain­ab­il­ity advoc­ates should rejoice. CB […]

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